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it would an easy city. let me add another aspect back in 1978 in addition to all the things that happened in 1978 we had to start the rent strike in china town. and it was the instructional of those resident most of whom were of chinese-american descendent wanted equality they wanted their how did to happen in the city that happened in so things were difficult. what awe rods what the instructional and particularly the leadership of mukdz and supervisor milk was the beginning of combraidz and understanding diversity. let me put it simple to you at this point. i don't think i would be standing in front of you all as the mayor of san francisco but for the leadership of supervisor harvey milk and moscone. that's how significant i side their contribution here and i make that personal point because they were such leaders of diversity it was hard at that discuss it the make up of the board of supervisors of all the other elected positions the struggles in our our community across town whether japan down or china t
it would an easy city. let me add another aspect back in 1978 in addition to all the things that happened in 1978 we had to start the rent strike in china town. and it was the instructional of those resident most of whom were of chinese-american descendent wanted equality they wanted their how did to happen in the city that happened in so things were difficult. what awe rods what the instructional and particularly the leadership of mukdz and supervisor milk was the beginning of combraidz and...
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he asked the city to take a closer look. should your fire department track cancers and look at what has happened here at station five? >> absolutely. without a doubt if there is anything we can do to try to stop that, to never put a name on a wall that says cancerer or at least we catch it early enough, absolutely. >> following our investigation san jose pledged to start tracking cancer and firefighters. it comes in the shadow of a recent national study tracking cancers with firefighters in chicago and san francisco. if you have a story or something for us to investigate call our tip line at 888-996-tips or send an e-mail to theunit@nbcbayarea.com. we thank you for watching. you are invited to join us regularly right here on nbc bay area. why? because we investigate. i'm tony kovaleski. good night. [ laughter ] he loves me. he loves me not. he loves me. he loves me not. ♪ he loves me! that's right. [ mom ] warm and flaky in 15, everyone loves pillsbury grands! [ girl ] make dinner pop! [ female announcer ] holiday cookies
he asked the city to take a closer look. should your fire department track cancers and look at what has happened here at station five? >> absolutely. without a doubt if there is anything we can do to try to stop that, to never put a name on a wall that says cancerer or at least we catch it early enough, absolutely. >> following our investigation san jose pledged to start tracking cancer and firefighters. it comes in the shadow of a recent national study tracking cancers with...
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city council chamber as council members inside voted to raise the city's minimum wage to $11.50 an hour. >> congress' failure to act, and congress' failure to take care of those left behind not just from the recession, but as the people who make the most have done better and better, we've become a city of haves and have nots, and a country of haves and have nots. step up and make sure that people have a living wage. >> reporter: with little hope congress will raise the minimum wage t wage. in september california governor jerry brown approved a gradual rise in the state's minimum wage to $10 by 2016. last month the town of seatac in washington state raised to raise the local minimum wage to $15 an hour. the highest in the country. >> people finally will make ends meet without having to work two or three jobs with decent pay and decent benefits. this is great for the workers and the community here. >> reporter: in d.c. city council every member greed the old minimum of $8.25 an hour was too low. the question was how high to go? to $10 or $11.50? for minimum wage worker means weaning her
city council chamber as council members inside voted to raise the city's minimum wage to $11.50 an hour. >> congress' failure to act, and congress' failure to take care of those left behind not just from the recession, but as the people who make the most have done better and better, we've become a city of haves and have nots, and a country of haves and have nots. step up and make sure that people have a living wage. >> reporter: with little hope congress will raise the minimum wage...
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the city hall has become a headquarters for protestors. all day people came in, just have a liquor enjoy the food and hot drinks, or -- look, or enjoy the food and hot drinks. the carpet won't get damaged in these extraordinary times. the problem for the opposition is where do they go from here? how do they turn occupation into political victory? >> translator: the way to resolve this crisis is through early presidential and parliamentary elections. we want a new confidence resolution in the government of ukraine. this government should resign. >> pictures have emerged from sunday night that show that police were at times brutal in their treatment of protestors and journalists. anton was among dozens who were beaten by police. this is all that's left of his camera. officials say 35 were hurt by police, some in hospital. grim routine of life and a cold winter, this is where we met tatiana, selling cabbage and very much in favor of political change. >> now it's time to wake up. i'm grateful to the protestors. i want my children and grandchil
the city hall has become a headquarters for protestors. all day people came in, just have a liquor enjoy the food and hot drinks, or -- look, or enjoy the food and hot drinks. the carpet won't get damaged in these extraordinary times. the problem for the opposition is where do they go from here? how do they turn occupation into political victory? >> translator: the way to resolve this crisis is through early presidential and parliamentary elections. we want a new confidence resolution in...
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it's experienced in other cities as well. the location specific over sized vehicle parking restriction is meant to address the problem on a limited and focused way. of course, an alternative is to have a blanket restriction of these types of vehicles throughout the city, but we don't think that would be desirable. it will cause other impact that we don't have solutions for and it a very severe type of restriction. although from our standpoint it would be a lot easier to enforce. also to point out, it's also not legal to live in a vehicle currently based on police code restrictions in the section 96/97 i believe. that is very difficult to enforce as we mentioned many times previously. one thing that we can consider doing and we've spoken with mr. duffy and he's going to elaborate a little bit more is that maybe through some cooperative efforts with some private entities there may be some opportunities to work with them and maybe develop some accommodations for some of these folks so that they have a safe place to house their v
it's experienced in other cities as well. the location specific over sized vehicle parking restriction is meant to address the problem on a limited and focused way. of course, an alternative is to have a blanket restriction of these types of vehicles throughout the city, but we don't think that would be desirable. it will cause other impact that we don't have solutions for and it a very severe type of restriction. although from our standpoint it would be a lot easier to enforce. also to point...
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the city really did not negotiate in good faith he moved to the next legal question was, did the city, was it even possible for them to negotiate and he said it really wasn't given the fact they had 100,000 creditors in an $18 billion debt, and then the other question he had to answer was, was it constitutional to file for bankruptcy and indeed he said yes, it was. an interestingly enough the judge said that detroit should have and could have filed for bankruptcy even years ago, given ththe financial situation it is in. >> so, christy, how do the pensions of city workers become a part of this? >> well, once they started going into chapter -- once they started going into chapter 9, the creditors are looking at the pensioners and the retirees they wanted to make sure that that money wasn't going to be touched, but what happened is, is they took a look at it and the judge said, you know what? in federal bankruptcy court that is a contract, the pension is going to be termed as a contract that can be restructured in this process, so even though the pensions are protected under the michigan
the city really did not negotiate in good faith he moved to the next legal question was, did the city, was it even possible for them to negotiate and he said it really wasn't given the fact they had 100,000 creditors in an $18 billion debt, and then the other question he had to answer was, was it constitutional to file for bankruptcy and indeed he said yes, it was. an interestingly enough the judge said that detroit should have and could have filed for bankruptcy even years ago, given ththe...
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we cannot absorb it, the city is only 7 miles big. small i should say. please, use some reasoning and do the right thing, thank you. >> thank you. and (inaudible) >> >> i have been a resident for san francisco for 45 years and also, i am an architect and i have also sefbed on the building commission for four years and i am in support of the arena from the sand point of there is vital economic and social opportunity opportunities and the arena and there is from this category the economic will revitalize an aging water front and there will be social gathers at which both open space and inside of the buildings will be iconic in the landmark status that will probably be a gathering place for many and those that will be flocking to the water front. and as a cultural landmark the building itself will stand by the category by which it would receive the strong support not only along the water front but in a regional basis of transportation in many categories. on the environmental side it will help to mitigate the aging water front and the piers that are continui
we cannot absorb it, the city is only 7 miles big. small i should say. please, use some reasoning and do the right thing, thank you. >> thank you. and (inaudible) >> >> i have been a resident for san francisco for 45 years and also, i am an architect and i have also sefbed on the building commission for four years and i am in support of the arena from the sand point of there is vital economic and social opportunity opportunities and the arena and there is from this category...
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two, we have a dense and congested city, we're the second densest city in the united states, besides new york city and we operate in a con strained right-of-way. a lot of competing interest for space and roadway space and there is really no room for expansion. so there is a lot of different modes and options that want to vie for that space. these pictures on the slide here really represent how these obstacles are experienced by the customer. so two of the major concerns that we have heard from our customers over the years are that one, muni is unreliable and two, muni is crowded. and thankfully, we're on our way with the help of the community and you on the board, we're on our way to developing a program of enhancements, that we think will really improve the system dramatically in the short-term. the tep at its base is first comprehensive review of the system in over 30 years. imagine san francisco 30 years ago. the travel patterns, where people lived, where people were going is vastly different than what we see today. and we really need a system that relates to that dynamic change a
two, we have a dense and congested city, we're the second densest city in the united states, besides new york city and we operate in a con strained right-of-way. a lot of competing interest for space and roadway space and there is really no room for expansion. so there is a lot of different modes and options that want to vie for that space. these pictures on the slide here really represent how these obstacles are experienced by the customer. so two of the major concerns that we have heard from...
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city build and the role pat mulligan can play and the department of the environment and we have them here and there is capacity and infrastructure with cal and rich at the department to be really supportive so i wanted to add that component and everything is set and ready to go and we're excited about the potential moving forward with the program. >> supervisor mar. >> i did want to ask if rich can elaborate more on how this is legally defensible given the changes at the federal and new changes at the state level and how this is privately financed as well? >> sure supervisor mar. so as i mentioned and supervisor farrell also alluded to this, the statements from 2010 from the federal financing agency were statements of concern, and since those statements were released most residential pace programs including ours in san francisco basically suspended because there was some question as to what was really behind those statements. as supervisor farrell mentioned a number of residential pace programs have continued to operate even in light of that regulatory uncertainty and they actually h
city build and the role pat mulligan can play and the department of the environment and we have them here and there is capacity and infrastructure with cal and rich at the department to be really supportive so i wanted to add that component and everything is set and ready to go and we're excited about the potential moving forward with the program. >> supervisor mar. >> i did want to ask if rich can elaborate more on how this is legally defensible given the changes at the federal and...
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>> that is correct. >> or the city's process. >> or all of the city processes. >> okay. >> do you want any briefing when it comes back to you, as i said the rehearing request has been briefed and heard and normally it will come back to you with nothing, but you know, it would need something. >> given the time frame. they should be allowed both sides should be allowed the full briefing. >> as per, our departmental standards. >> okay, so briefing it for a rehearing request. >> okay. >> then the motion, go ahead. >> and we have a motion from commissioner fung to continue this rehearing request to the call of the chair to await the further subdivision issue to be resolved and the additional briefing is load and the rehearing request is that the six pages per party. and on that motion, president hwang? >> aye. >> and commissioner hurtado? >> aye. >> lazarus? >> aye. >> and honda. >> aye. the vote is 5-0 and this is request is continued to the call of the chair. >> we will go back to item 4 a which is another rehearing request, 2801 leavenworth street, the board received a letter from shasha
>> that is correct. >> or the city's process. >> or all of the city processes. >> okay. >> do you want any briefing when it comes back to you, as i said the rehearing request has been briefed and heard and normally it will come back to you with nothing, but you know, it would need something. >> given the time frame. they should be allowed both sides should be allowed the full briefing. >> as per, our departmental standards. >> okay, so briefing it...
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it has to be with the the commission >> i would suggest we talk with the city attorney or the secretary it's part of the secretaries duty in how to calendar it. i don't know if we need to amend it so maybe why don't we talk to her and come back and side what's the best way to address this. >> i want to say one last thing as a police commissioner you know everybody that's been in a shooting. it should be no surprise in the your new to the commission i think all we need to do is about notified of a occ and make a decision. there's no more authority noted than that, please call the next item >> review of recent activities. >> thank you, captain he walked out. >> thank you very much. director hicks >> good evening and members of the commission and members of the audience. the latter part of november the occ combaeblgd if activities by distributing brochures to the public. i have an article online and on the success of san francisco's model and attorney don salazar provided training for a berkley course. to i didn't discuss the pending investigations in light of the chiefs earlier comments o
it has to be with the the commission >> i would suggest we talk with the city attorney or the secretary it's part of the secretaries duty in how to calendar it. i don't know if we need to amend it so maybe why don't we talk to her and come back and side what's the best way to address this. >> i want to say one last thing as a police commissioner you know everybody that's been in a shooting. it should be no surprise in the your new to the commission i think all we need to do is about...
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i can sprk speak to the nature resources in the part of the city. we have some great nature places in her. one of the thipgdz we want to do is we want to inform the public we have nature in the city and that includes right here in the community bayview hill and a park and 494 where i was yesterday. there's a lot great work and, of course, candle stick park to have the master plan and help with the restoration of the yosemite flew and i'm happy to hear talk about katrina and sandy. we need to be promulgating to restore our nature systems for community resiliency but also for national resiliency. it's good for nature. so i wanted to just take a couple of times to talk about some of the things bore doing. we have a whole breath of goals the mission overall is to restore the adverse and to connect as follows to our nearby nature. so within that we have multiple goals and collaboration it's important to interdepartmentally with all our community stakeholder. bringing nature into the urban environment and will be spoken to with respect to the next agenda
i can sprk speak to the nature resources in the part of the city. we have some great nature places in her. one of the thipgdz we want to do is we want to inform the public we have nature in the city and that includes right here in the community bayview hill and a park and 494 where i was yesterday. there's a lot great work and, of course, candle stick park to have the master plan and help with the restoration of the yosemite flew and i'm happy to hear talk about katrina and sandy. we need to be...
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with western politicians one of them in particular victoria nuland who has paid a visit to the tent city that was set up here by the protesters essentially expressing the u.s. support for the ukrainian opposition and for the protesters as well as maternal and has also held close talks with. the darling of the ukrainian opposition among others that we have seen among the protesters on the square were foreign ministers from sweden germany and the netherlands has hope that the talks with europe will bring you under a new president essentially hinting at the ultimate goal of the ukrainian protest and that is the current government and the president to step down the interests of western politicians in what is essentially ukrainian domestic affairs has drawn sharp criticism and i was a. traditional q. and a with russian journalists. but i can imagine how our german partners would have felt if russia's foreign minister decided to attend a rally that was being held against german rule i don't think they would consider it a friendly. meeting with opposition members is one thing but taking part in
with western politicians one of them in particular victoria nuland who has paid a visit to the tent city that was set up here by the protesters essentially expressing the u.s. support for the ukrainian opposition and for the protesters as well as maternal and has also held close talks with. the darling of the ukrainian opposition among others that we have seen among the protesters on the square were foreign ministers from sweden germany and the netherlands has hope that the talks with europe...
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and to get with the city planning. and this is the five story planning and for the development and this is to make the proper use of that land. and this is the biggest part of phase two and, it starts at the west end of the terminal. with over 120 feet wide and it has over 6 tracks coming off the end of the platforms and curving around and for a double box and sent it at that point. and it is built and cut and covered because it is not very far below the rate. and the fill on top helps to battle the up lift as well. as we turn into second street, that narrows down. and by the time that we get to the calatin o street we are down to three tracks and we have made the movement and we go into a tunnel because at that point we hit the rock and we are no longer in sands and clays. and it is a tunnel as proposed down second street, curving underneath the buildings on the center of the towns, and where actually the rock is the best on the whole alignment and from the sand stone there and once we get just, sort of first street a
and to get with the city planning. and this is the five story planning and for the development and this is to make the proper use of that land. and this is the biggest part of phase two and, it starts at the west end of the terminal. with over 120 feet wide and it has over 6 tracks coming off the end of the platforms and curving around and for a double box and sent it at that point. and it is built and cut and covered because it is not very far below the rate. and the fill on top helps to...
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you never know what you're going to meet. >> we just came to the city to be in the city for the whole christmas spirit experience. to come to union square. to see the windows at macy's. >> total spending fell this thanksgiving weekend. an average of $407 compared to $437 in 2012. >>> brick and mortar stores are starting to take advantage of smart phones and other technology. some of the latest apps may make your shopping trip faster and easier. reporter segel explains. >> reporter: look for shopping to get a little bit personal. welcome to shopping 2.0 where stores know your gender, they know your mood. >> welcome back to the gap. >> reporter: with one new technology they can even anticipate what you may want. that's cako trying out tech built by a company named bilko. >> you like red velvet cup cakes. you probably like the combination of cream cheese and cocoa nut cake. so we would recommend the pumpkin cheesecake cup cake. >> amazon is an incredible experience online. all of this has to do with our ability to recognize who you are. >> reporter: they want to bring that experience off
you never know what you're going to meet. >> we just came to the city to be in the city for the whole christmas spirit experience. to come to union square. to see the windows at macy's. >> total spending fell this thanksgiving weekend. an average of $407 compared to $437 in 2012. >>> brick and mortar stores are starting to take advantage of smart phones and other technology. some of the latest apps may make your shopping trip faster and easier. reporter segel explains....
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the german city of dresden is all part of the city's money and munched on fast. the huge cake was towed to the street singing course john kerry and accompanied by mocking them is a traditional christmas table sixty six acres help to me that i deserve more than four meters in the almost one year high. the metal ring around four thousand two hundred and fifty students a group of christian truth that's where the things for this addition to stick to the prospect of more headlines coming up shortly hse they showed all his old side. when we bring you the latest news from around the continent. in the country by country into. i showed on monday to friday six fifty am as claimed. all things for joining us here at tech twenty four hour maybe more this rule. the social inclusion would take a look at how certain initiatives are getting a second chance to underprivileged youth here in prague. intense interest in farming the land that is christmas present that was it so as no one will protect us. when graphics special effects artists in france the weather and ninety sector as
the german city of dresden is all part of the city's money and munched on fast. the huge cake was towed to the street singing course john kerry and accompanied by mocking them is a traditional christmas table sixty six acres help to me that i deserve more than four meters in the almost one year high. the metal ring around four thousand two hundred and fifty students a group of christian truth that's where the things for this addition to stick to the prospect of more headlines coming up shortly...
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you're talking citi, jp morgan, wells fargo, u.s. bank, all these names are part of what they're talking about. the citi downgrade, it was a downgrade but they raised the price target. you added some of the reasons behind it as well. >> i like citi. it's my chicken way of playing emerging markets but the whole yield curve. europe, the markets there are not tremendously overvalued. they've come a long way. >> so have the banks. >> right. >> you've had a lot of banks shrink. the ones that now have the balance sheets will pick up the share and do very well. >> let's stick with the europe trade. european stocks are lower, extending losses for a fourth day in a row. let's bring in resident europe expert jemaah godfrey. she joins us live from london with her 2014 playbook from europe. nice to see you again. >> thank you very much. >> let me get your opinion on this goldman call, buy large cap banks not only in the u.s. and japan but europe. is that the right call. >> financials will separate. the men from the boys, the women from the girls
you're talking citi, jp morgan, wells fargo, u.s. bank, all these names are part of what they're talking about. the citi downgrade, it was a downgrade but they raised the price target. you added some of the reasons behind it as well. >> i like citi. it's my chicken way of playing emerging markets but the whole yield curve. europe, the markets there are not tremendously overvalued. they've come a long way. >> so have the banks. >> right. >> you've had a lot of banks...
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and i know that we have some throughout the city and any good information for me. and the colleagues may that we actually get a map of the community gardens may be and maybe overly with the spots >> and so whatever reason it is difficult to get the super markets in place for certain neighborhoods. and are there any strategies, around, that effort, we talk about the bigger super markets coming in there and is there a way to maybe reduce the size of things so that it is more manageable for people that are more local? to run these things? and other than the chains? >> and more than that the city, can help with some of the issues that challenges the super markets, and i think that one of the challenges for it and the city that it does not cost the smaller business that extra money and maybe they can make it then and i am just throwing out the ideas. >> thank you for those, and i think that they are both. >> i will speak to the urban agriculture piece and the food retail piece and some of our ideas around that. and some of the activities that are going on. in the progra
and i know that we have some throughout the city and any good information for me. and the colleagues may that we actually get a map of the community gardens may be and maybe overly with the spots >> and so whatever reason it is difficult to get the super markets in place for certain neighborhoods. and are there any strategies, around, that effort, we talk about the bigger super markets coming in there and is there a way to maybe reduce the size of things so that it is more manageable for...
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it's cold enough for the black ice. 28 degrees right now in foster city. 27 in redwood city and 27 degrees to kick off a tuesday in atherton. throughout the next couple days our lows are going to start to creep up. you can see that here, the trend for oakland. upper 30s. by friday morning the 40s return so it will feel more comfortable here as we get into the end of the week. here's what's happening. high pressure comes in. it compresses everything in the atmosphere. we don't get much wind. as a result we have the stagnant air mass so that thick layer of smoke hovers over the bay. as i said before friday, a weak disturbance should provide better air quality. remember right here at the bottom of the screen. hi, mike. >> good. trying to get the rest of the signal here. b.a.r.t. confirms no delays for the system. we're looking at no problems for the rails, that's good stuff. this is a traffic tuesday. a little bump up but consider it being a tuesday it's a little lighter than we might see on a typical one. here we're looking at north 280. we have the slowing still but the sigalert has been ca
it's cold enough for the black ice. 28 degrees right now in foster city. 27 in redwood city and 27 degrees to kick off a tuesday in atherton. throughout the next couple days our lows are going to start to creep up. you can see that here, the trend for oakland. upper 30s. by friday morning the 40s return so it will feel more comfortable here as we get into the end of the week. here's what's happening. high pressure comes in. it compresses everything in the atmosphere. we don't get much wind. as...
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. >>> and here is a look outside live over new york city. i'm meteorologist dave warren looking at the snow moving through the northeast. the visibilities are down. not all that low, though. so the snow is fairly moderate but it is sticking. watching this closely, because it is sticking, causing a lot of problems on the roadways, and that snow coming down pretty heavy. an inch or two an hour, but look what happens at 3:00. 4:00 or 5:00 that snow clears out, so we are seeing it end before the evening rush hour. temperatures are just below the freezing mark, so the road treatments have worked. there is snow coming from the arctic blast which will be lake effect snow. 34 in new york, 32 in philadelphia. the main roads are just wet. the side roads are pretty slick. a look at the cold arctic blast a little bit later. ♪ >>> taking a look at our top business headlines, the auto maker industry making history today. gm about to be the first major car company to have a woman as its ceo. she is going to be succeeding the previous ceo next month. she
. >>> and here is a look outside live over new york city. i'm meteorologist dave warren looking at the snow moving through the northeast. the visibilities are down. not all that low, though. so the snow is fairly moderate but it is sticking. watching this closely, because it is sticking, causing a lot of problems on the roadways, and that snow coming down pretty heavy. an inch or two an hour, but look what happens at 3:00. 4:00 or 5:00 that snow clears out, so we are seeing it end...
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if we're looking at a larger issue about workers, we're talking about, yes, they may not be in the city and county of san francisco but maybe going down to santa clara county. >> they've been rewarded with that, but there is a responsibility, absolutely, for center plate to do this but we think that the responsibility goes beyond that because these are jobs that unfortunately are very low wage and it's not only center plate that is ignoring the responsibilities we're focusing on, the giants won two world series in four years and our members have not had a wage increase in four years during that entire time which in our view is quite unconscionable. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. casey, next speaker. >> thank you, mr. president. members of the bore, my name is christopher ball, i live at 1011 howard street, i wanted to bring your attention to -- i thought somebody would get that. the bicycle coalition has offered for your perusal on the website and i want to -- please note that 50 feet is the probable elevation of the whole impact of greenland melting. we can fix this, we know
if we're looking at a larger issue about workers, we're talking about, yes, they may not be in the city and county of san francisco but maybe going down to santa clara county. >> they've been rewarded with that, but there is a responsibility, absolutely, for center plate to do this but we think that the responsibility goes beyond that because these are jobs that unfortunately are very low wage and it's not only center plate that is ignoring the responsibilities we're focusing on, the...
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daly city 54. and lakeport how about the upper teens to mid-20s for you in lake county coming up thursday morning. there it is. sunny but cold wednesday and thursday. some of you thursday won't hit 50. couple of showers possible friday and saturday. cloud cover will make it warmer at night and chilly during the day. tomorrow the mid-50s will be the warmest day of the next week. so find that jacket and keep it close by. sports is coming up next. [[man] it's nothing but tape... [woman] it's a block. we're havin' a baby! [laughter in background] [woman screams] are we havin' a baby? [ambient crying and laughter] suffered a sprained mcl, noa season-ending torn acl that >>> 49ers dodged a bullet with the news that left tackle joe staley suffered a sprained mcl not a torn acl initially feared. jim harbaugh would not speculate on his status for next week but it seems unlikely he could play. fresh off his injury receiver michael crabtree had only two catches but showed glimpses of his old self with a 60-ya
daly city 54. and lakeport how about the upper teens to mid-20s for you in lake county coming up thursday morning. there it is. sunny but cold wednesday and thursday. some of you thursday won't hit 50. couple of showers possible friday and saturday. cloud cover will make it warmer at night and chilly during the day. tomorrow the mid-50s will be the warmest day of the next week. so find that jacket and keep it close by. sports is coming up next. [[man] it's nothing but tape... [woman] it's a...
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today the city is shrinking and broke. to solve its financial crisis detroit will have to cut city workers pensions. illinois just pass emergency legislation to tackle $100 billion shortfall in its pension obligations. that's huge money and people will pay the price. on this edition of inside story we'll look at the trade-offs and solutions when balance sheets teeter to the brink of disaster, and we start in detroit. >> let me just say that the judge has spoken, and i do think it's a tough day for all of us here in detroit [♪ music ] >> once the nation's fourth largest city, the heart of the auto industry and the soul of american music today's detroit is a portrait of urban decay and facing a water shed moment. it is the largest municipality in u.s. history to file for bankruptcy. a federal judge ruled the city is not only insolvent but in a decisive verdict declared that pensions will be included on the chopping block. dave bing is the outgoing mayor. >> the only way we stayed alive, quite frankly, is through cuts. we c
today the city is shrinking and broke. to solve its financial crisis detroit will have to cut city workers pensions. illinois just pass emergency legislation to tackle $100 billion shortfall in its pension obligations. that's huge money and people will pay the price. on this edition of inside story we'll look at the trade-offs and solutions when balance sheets teeter to the brink of disaster, and we start in detroit. >> let me just say that the judge has spoken, and i do think it's a...
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city zoning area. the south of market area has changed from being an industrial area to a neighborhood with a growing number of businesses and homes. >>> well, it's the storm many ski resorts have been waiting for. snow has been falling in the sierra this morning. reporter brian hickey live at donner summit. he's been there with how much snow has fallen in the past hour. >> reporter: all in all, the snow has been light but constant. that's put down about a half inch of snow. not enough to bring out chain controls over 880. that's the good news for drivers hoping to beat the storm. as the driving conditions have been calm, and that -- that along with the efforts from caltrans to keep the roads plowed, no major incidents on the freeway. ski resorts hoping for more snow than this. driving up, i will tell you the fog was probably the biggest challenge we've had coming up 880 making it difficult to see. it wasn't until about 6,000 feet around the sisco grove kingvale exit where we saw the rain turn to snow.
city zoning area. the south of market area has changed from being an industrial area to a neighborhood with a growing number of businesses and homes. >>> well, it's the storm many ski resorts have been waiting for. snow has been falling in the sierra this morning. reporter brian hickey live at donner summit. he's been there with how much snow has fallen in the past hour. >> reporter: all in all, the snow has been light but constant. that's put down about a half inch of snow. not...
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it was too warm, a little bit of a heat eiland effect in the city. same for areas of new york city. don't expect anything in the city. the suburbs is where we've seen the worst of it. at airports which are located in the suburbs, that's where delays are piling up. ground stop unless philly and new york, reporting about fuhr to five-hour delays at the airports. those airport delays will be with us probably till about 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon when the storm will exit. the white is the snow. snow-covered areas of ohio, pennsylvania, d.c., up in maryland. we've heard total outside of 4 inches around fredericksburg and hagerstown. areas around philadelphia right now, 33 degrees. new york city's at 33. that's why the pavement is wet there. the roads and the burgs are where we see the brunt of it. in the city, zero. but the suburbs getting about 3 inches. quick hitting, done by 2:00 p.m. in most areas. i think done by 5:00 completely even in southern new england, d.c. by noon, new york city, too, bostonwy about 5:00. most people will drive home just five here's the important part, joe
it was too warm, a little bit of a heat eiland effect in the city. same for areas of new york city. don't expect anything in the city. the suburbs is where we've seen the worst of it. at airports which are located in the suburbs, that's where delays are piling up. ground stop unless philly and new york, reporting about fuhr to five-hour delays at the airports. those airport delays will be with us probably till about 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon when the storm will exit. the white is the snow....
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within the city as a whole the department has certified eligibility workers that have been designated to assist in doing applications for folks so the people that aren't connected can be hooked up with an enrollment person. >> thank you. >> councilmember zarda? >> thank you and thank you for your presentation it's very very important to the community. just to follow up on something you had mentioned rising rents that we're all experiencing in san francisco the ability to provide someone housing most likely will be decreasing in reference to how that relates to the 500 units originally demanded in that lawsuit how do you feel the number leftover will be impacted by the rising rents. >> i think it's going to be a matter of the pace of the demand for the scattered cite and it's possible that if the demand is not suddenly going to spike that we will probably be able to accommodate despite the fact that the rents are increasing. the a arra y of selection is going to shrink as time passes that will get more challenging. i think it's early to say whether or not we're going to have to scale b
within the city as a whole the department has certified eligibility workers that have been designated to assist in doing applications for folks so the people that aren't connected can be hooked up with an enrollment person. >> thank you. >> councilmember zarda? >> thank you and thank you for your presentation it's very very important to the community. just to follow up on something you had mentioned rising rents that we're all experiencing in san francisco the ability to...
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we want to make sure we'll take care of the city and county of san francisco. you can bet on this it has to be all of us working together to the the nonprofits and city we need to know what we have and what resources we can work with including those food debt stopovers and that's another thing but we'll make sure we can take care of ourself. thank you for the funding because 9 work we're doing will save lives when it happens (clapping.) just to add to that in the lens of the environment commission and the real that the environment place is that many of the things you can do to make the community happier. we take a piece of of the bayview and we bring in urban mrarndz and give them a tool kit like solar panel and verdict in this case garden to modify 6 square blocks so for 7 days they can generate the water and food and power they need without outside help. so on sustainability and global warming and stuff like that are invaluable. we'll pout during the restoration recovery phase that's when the environmental feats kicks in. that you want to know the store of th
we want to make sure we'll take care of the city and county of san francisco. you can bet on this it has to be all of us working together to the the nonprofits and city we need to know what we have and what resources we can work with including those food debt stopovers and that's another thing but we'll make sure we can take care of ourself. thank you for the funding because 9 work we're doing will save lives when it happens (clapping.) just to add to that in the lens of the environment...
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it will reduce just 1% of the city. medical marijuana supporters will fight back with a ballot measure. >>> they could soon be banned for asking if they had ever been convicted of a felony. it is known as ban the box, and it is off limits for pillow market housing on applications as well. >>> it will cost 709 and the delivery of the heights and proceeds will run mere the parks' department. here is more on mornings on 2. >>> it is chilly in the bay area and scientists have found a new record low global temperature and it is -- i should say it is minus 135.8 degrees. we will tell you why this happened and why it will not be in the guinness book of world records. >>> a major break through, why it is looking more and more like legalization is coming to the state of california. >>> and doing an extremely difficult job, when a livermore lab scientist has done, to receive the nobel peace prize today. >>> those stories are coming up on mornings on 2. >>> back over to sal, how is traffic right now, sal. >>> we had some black ice
it will reduce just 1% of the city. medical marijuana supporters will fight back with a ballot measure. >>> they could soon be banned for asking if they had ever been convicted of a felony. it is known as ban the box, and it is off limits for pillow market housing on applications as well. >>> it will cost 709 and the delivery of the heights and proceeds will run mere the parks' department. here is more on mornings on 2. >>> it is chilly in the bay area and scientists...
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there he saw a great city in a state of decay. the sheer scale of the roman ruins and the building techniques he analyzed provided inspiration for the greatest problem of structural engineering in italy-- how to complete the cathedral being built in florence. in this great space, we are surrounded by a gothic architecture ripe for the renaissance-- the flat surfaces of the walls, the crisp planar detailing of the piers, with their sharp angles, not a rounded form in sight. it all looks so precise and so completely preplanned. yet if we had stood here half a century after they began to build this building, we would have seen something different. you would still have seen the medieval houses within the existing foundations. as the piers went up, they were still arguing about how high they should be. they had a competition about the capitals' form. they had plaster, wooden, stone models, and when all that was done and they were still arguing about the building's dimensions, they went on for 50 years, and not a man in italy or europe
there he saw a great city in a state of decay. the sheer scale of the roman ruins and the building techniques he analyzed provided inspiration for the greatest problem of structural engineering in italy-- how to complete the cathedral being built in florence. in this great space, we are surrounded by a gothic architecture ripe for the renaissance-- the flat surfaces of the walls, the crisp planar detailing of the piers, with their sharp angles, not a rounded form in sight. it all looks so...
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as we go further and further along, we'll hear from people across the city about this. so it's very difficult things that we have to do, but we definitely appreciate your very thoughtful input. members of the board? >> yes. again, i will just echo what the chairman said and do appreciate everybody showing up. i know you have taken time out you have your busy day to come here and share your personal experiences with us. i do really appreciate that. as chairman nolan said, this is going to be a process going forward, and we do listen to your comments, and we want to make sure that we have a transit system that works for the entire city. a couple of questions, actually, first for mr. kennedy. >> mr. kennedy. >> so you had touched briefly when we went through the presentation, the next steps and comments to the eir have closed, but as these projects are brought forward to us, they are not brought forward to us in stone, are they? they are brought forward to us with recommendations from staff on what actions we might take? >> yes. excuse me, yes, recommendations from staff.
as we go further and further along, we'll hear from people across the city about this. so it's very difficult things that we have to do, but we definitely appreciate your very thoughtful input. members of the board? >> yes. again, i will just echo what the chairman said and do appreciate everybody showing up. i know you have taken time out you have your busy day to come here and share your personal experiences with us. i do really appreciate that. as chairman nolan said, this is going to...
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we as a city haven't really made clear our role on regional traffic. so this project is really pushing that for us. so we'll figure that out as we get closer to the analysis. i take that point. >> and we'll be looking at capacity as well, won't we? >> right. >> because i know that we look at a bunch of cars in travel lanes, and we think that is moving loads and loads of people, but the reality may well be with the transit lane and with that cycle track and widened sidewalk we'll have the ability to move more people. and 3rd street is people coming into the caltrain station. >> other way, 3rd street is northbound. >> 3rd street onto market street. you are exactly right and one area that the team is looking at is the ridership on the bus, looking at the current ridership of people on bicycles and don't forget from moscone to market street, as mare mentioned in the safety strategy, this area is one of the hotspots of pedestrian safety. so we're going to have to trade-off regional traffic priority, local traffic priority, et cetera. >> do we get better car
we as a city haven't really made clear our role on regional traffic. so this project is really pushing that for us. so we'll figure that out as we get closer to the analysis. i take that point. >> and we'll be looking at capacity as well, won't we? >> right. >> because i know that we look at a bunch of cars in travel lanes, and we think that is moving loads and loads of people, but the reality may well be with the transit lane and with that cycle track and widened sidewalk...
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salt lake city at 14, walla walla, washington, southeastern washington state 12 degrees. denver is 13 below 0 now and great falls, montana sitting at 18 degrees below 0. this cold is enveloping the entire western portion of the country. we're just getting a glancing blow. vallejo 29 tomorrow morning, a cold walk to school in fremont, 29 degrees, 30 in redwood city and santa rosa down to 24 cold degrees, 8 degrees below freezing about eight hours below freezing as well. this is why. that cold front moved through all the way down to orange county, southern california, high pressure building in behind it and it's sitting off to our north and west. winds always flow clockwise around high pressure, so it's dragging down more of that arctic air. we'll get more tomorrow, friday, over the weekend. it's not going away till the middle of next week. that jet stream is way down to the south. we stay chilly. the only real change is a small area of low pressure moving in friday night, saturday morning. this is a big deal because this will bring moisture, a couple showers. some of those
salt lake city at 14, walla walla, washington, southeastern washington state 12 degrees. denver is 13 below 0 now and great falls, montana sitting at 18 degrees below 0. this cold is enveloping the entire western portion of the country. we're just getting a glancing blow. vallejo 29 tomorrow morning, a cold walk to school in fremont, 29 degrees, 30 in redwood city and santa rosa down to 24 cold degrees, 8 degrees below freezing about eight hours below freezing as well. this is why. that cold...
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zero new cases of hiv in the city? at the peak of the epidemic in 1992 there were 2,300 new infections per year among gay men in san francisco. now a dramatic drop with about 400 new infections per year, still a lot, but that's less than 1% infection rate among men having sex with men. >> we can reduce 400 down to 0 is what we're trying to do. >> so how would san francisco achieve zero? first everybody would need to be tested, everybody. next you've got to get everyone who has hiv consistently taking their meds. doctors recently found out the medicines don't just treat the disease, they can keep aids from spreading to new people. as for those who do not have hiv, they can now take a new preventive medication. >> that's a lot to ask. i mean you have people who are suspicious of going out and getting healthcare. i mean that's a lovely concept. i'm just not sure it's a realistic one. >> the key here appears to be testing which a lot of people are still reluctant to do, especially younger people. officials hope with obamac
zero new cases of hiv in the city? at the peak of the epidemic in 1992 there were 2,300 new infections per year among gay men in san francisco. now a dramatic drop with about 400 new infections per year, still a lot, but that's less than 1% infection rate among men having sex with men. >> we can reduce 400 down to 0 is what we're trying to do. >> so how would san francisco achieve zero? first everybody would need to be tested, everybody. next you've got to get everyone who has hiv...
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record for enforcing the effort to ban the commercially raised help me sxhois butterflies within the city and county a to insure the board support we want to certainly authorizes the department to engage the scientific community and members of the public to support those effort and build the strong coalition going forward to make this happen. sxhois >> yes i'll read the proposed changes. right now there is no that only one resolve clause to delete from that clause and to be approved by the board of supervisors that doesn't mean we don't want it it leaves it open to the staff to figure out the best way to do it. we want the other stakeholder and members of the public to support those effort and that be the end of it >> so if there's. >> so unless there's discussion then, i would simply move we agreement the resolution as commission and i had. >> commissioner king any discussion. >> take a vote and a yes first vote on the amendment all l all in favor, say i. and can i get a motion to approve the resolution and moderate to approval the resolution as amended? >> i move the resolution as amend
record for enforcing the effort to ban the commercially raised help me sxhois butterflies within the city and county a to insure the board support we want to certainly authorizes the department to engage the scientific community and members of the public to support those effort and build the strong coalition going forward to make this happen. sxhois >> yes i'll read the proposed changes. right now there is no that only one resolve clause to delete from that clause and to be approved by...
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. >> james from salt lake city and kansas city prepare for the mls cup. and in this league the match was a family battle. the entire league is a single business entity. >> we created the structure that allows us at a very high level to think of things that will help the game grow, and to try to avoid. >> it handles tale teams and it proves that it's working. >> i don't think you can find another soccer team in the world that can say the same thing. i believe we have one of the most competitive soccer leagues in the world. >> they're disciplined and organized and careful about how they spend money. the major league soccer has a salary cap of $3 million. >> it can't touch the pay of the three big sports. the nfl salary cap is $123 million. pro basketball, $59 million. that's per team. the entire mls league wide payroll, $89 million according to the league office with each team allowed to over pay key players. >> the reality is that money talks. and players are, you know, are working towards their livelihood. they have limited careers they want to make as mu
. >> james from salt lake city and kansas city prepare for the mls cup. and in this league the match was a family battle. the entire league is a single business entity. >> we created the structure that allows us at a very high level to think of things that will help the game grow, and to try to avoid. >> it handles tale teams and it proves that it's working. >> i don't think you can find another soccer team in the world that can say the same thing. i believe we have one...
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he visited the city after his release to prison in 1990. brian rooney is in los angeles and joins us from the first earchafrican methodist church. tell us more about that, and about any special services happening there today. >> he actually came here, only a few months after his release from prison, in june of 1990. and nelson mandela was always kind of a focus. this was one of the leading churches in all of los angeles. a real community center. and they always held a candle for nelson mandela during the american years of civil rights struggle, and in those years when he was in prison they felt a connection to him which was completed when he actually came here in 1990. so you can imagine what a wonderful moment that was for him. so it's a special thing for him. there is a service dedicated to nelson mandela at 10:00 ot here this morning. of course they will be remembering him all day and for many years to come. we spoke to the senior pastor here just a little while ago. >> it is awfully difficult to memorialize because a memorial would be l
he visited the city after his release to prison in 1990. brian rooney is in los angeles and joins us from the first earchafrican methodist church. tell us more about that, and about any special services happening there today. >> he actually came here, only a few months after his release from prison, in june of 1990. and nelson mandela was always kind of a focus. this was one of the leading churches in all of los angeles. a real community center. and they always held a candle for nelson...
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i served 25 years in different commissions for this city. i had an opportunity to know what it was like to be involved. so your professional of this resolution would mean a great deal only to me but for several generations of chinese-americans who have lived in chinatown in san francisco >> thank you reverend. >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm ms. lamp i'm with the china community development center. i'm coming into support the alley way. it's a active community as the d.c. and she's very much involved in the china alley improvement and she also trios to help with the security for elderly housing and she's an advocate so she helps serve the seniors of san francisco. shows instrumental in helping to serve the community around it. she had a can do attitude and never give up easily so i'm hoping the board of supervisors also has this can do attitude and make sure the alley will be in honor of her. she so served this community and loved. i also support of the renaming of the old china town lane thank you very much >> thank you. next speaker, pl
i served 25 years in different commissions for this city. i had an opportunity to know what it was like to be involved. so your professional of this resolution would mean a great deal only to me but for several generations of chinese-americans who have lived in chinatown in san francisco >> thank you reverend. >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm ms. lamp i'm with the china community development center. i'm coming into support the alley way. it's a active community as the d.c. and...
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wal-mart has been having the battle city to city to city and why wal-mart may not open in new york city because the city council wants it to raise the minimum wage. stuart: i've got a city council member coming up on the show shortly. check the big board, down it's not a huge selloff, it's a gradual decline. 15-8 on the dow. once she says politics was her religion and now she's turned toward christianity. has it changed her politics? kirsten powers is next. ♪ hark the herald angels sing, glory to the newborn king♪ (announcer) at scottrade, our clients trade and invest exactly how they want. with scottrade's online banking, i get one view of my bank and brokerage accounts with one login... to easily move my money when i need to. plus, when i call my local scottrade office, i can talk to someone who knows how i trade. because i don't trade like everybody. i trade like me. i'm with scottrade. (announcer) scottrade-proud to be ranked "best overall client experience." if hey breathing's hard.me, know the feeling? copd includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. spiriva is a once-daily inh
wal-mart has been having the battle city to city to city and why wal-mart may not open in new york city because the city council wants it to raise the minimum wage. stuart: i've got a city council member coming up on the show shortly. check the big board, down it's not a huge selloff, it's a gradual decline. 15-8 on the dow. once she says politics was her religion and now she's turned toward christianity. has it changed her politics? kirsten powers is next. ♪ hark the herald angels sing,...
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and the city did such a great job letting him do everything. >> yeah. i tell you what the scotts are terrific family. and miles is an absolute beast for a 5-year-old to have been through what he had been through. tomorrow we'll be jumping in the bay after a 5k walk/run and miles will be at the seahawks game bringing his special energy to the 9ers for what's going to be a victory. >> tell me the truth, didn't you just love that day? you were such a ham. [ laughter ] you were such a ham. >> i mean, come on. does it get any better than that for san francisco? >> probably not. >> no. >> no way. it was special. >> it was great. it was special. >> guys, thanks so much. >>> five things to know. a winter storm is wreaking havoc as it makes its way across the country. hundreds of flights are canceled and icy roads have made driving treacherous. at least 9 deaths have already been blamed on the winter storm. >>> the state department has confirmed the death of an american teacher working in benghazi, libya yeah. ronald smith was a chemistry teacher at the internat
and the city did such a great job letting him do everything. >> yeah. i tell you what the scotts are terrific family. and miles is an absolute beast for a 5-year-old to have been through what he had been through. tomorrow we'll be jumping in the bay after a 5k walk/run and miles will be at the seahawks game bringing his special energy to the 9ers for what's going to be a victory. >> tell me the truth, didn't you just love that day? you were such a ham. [ laughter ] you were such a...
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and on over to new york city. fast-food workers in 100 cities across the country are walking off the job today to demand higher wages. right now the median hourly wage for fast-food workers nationwide is $8.94 an hour. that is about $18,000 a year, which is just above the federal poverty level for a family of three. the goal of today's strike is simple. workers want to earn a living wage of $15 an hour, a wage that would allow them to raise their families without having to live in poverty. their employers, mcdonald's, burger king, taco bell and wendy's have seen soaring profits while workers have seen little to no gain in years. last year mcdonald's brought in $5.5 billion in profits, a 27% increase over five years. its ceo makes $13.8 million a year, a 234% pay increase from the previous year. comparatively over a period of nearly 15 years, fast-food workers only saw their wages increase by $0.10 an hour. today the disparity between worker and ceo is so high it would take 930 years for a mcdonald's crew member to
and on over to new york city. fast-food workers in 100 cities across the country are walking off the job today to demand higher wages. right now the median hourly wage for fast-food workers nationwide is $8.94 an hour. that is about $18,000 a year, which is just above the federal poverty level for a family of three. the goal of today's strike is simple. workers want to earn a living wage of $15 an hour, a wage that would allow them to raise their families without having to live in poverty....
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the train in new york city, killing four people. >>> is something else ailing obamacare? >>> taxing online sales. the supreme court has its say. >>> federal investigators are now looking at the black boxes of a train that derailed in new york city on sunday. they want to know what caused the train to jump the tracks, killing four people and injuring dozens more. crews cleared the tracks so service could resume on one of the busiest train lines. jonathan, good afternoon. how are the cleanup efforts going right now? >> well, stephanie, i would say crews are on the final stretches of work, at least here on the scene they brought on a out a cadaver dog. they uprighted most of the cars at this point. this is the final car. if you can see through the bushes here you'll see that final car there. they were just able to upright with these large cranes that they've been using and they've been hauling the other cars away. in fact the one you've been looking at, the earlier video, this is the car that was just inches from the water, where near where the hudson and harl rivers meet. t
the train in new york city, killing four people. >>> is something else ailing obamacare? >>> taxing online sales. the supreme court has its say. >>> federal investigators are now looking at the black boxes of a train that derailed in new york city on sunday. they want to know what caused the train to jump the tracks, killing four people and injuring dozens more. crews cleared the tracks so service could resume on one of the busiest train lines. jonathan, good...
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the tallest buildings disappeared into the smog, many in the city were wearing masks. "i have difficulty in breathing" says 24-year-old zwei ji yu. "visibility is also bad and so is my mood." it's been a week of steadily rising record pollution levels in shanghai that have prompted the highest level of health warning. the concentration of the most dangerous particles reaching 20 times what the world health organization regards as hazardous. "i don't think it's fit for humans to live in this kind of environment" says this man. hundreds of flights were canceled or delayed, schools closed, residents urged to stay indoors and factories ordered to cut off production. ships forced to navigate cautiously through the haze. experts blame the cold windless weather for a cloud of pollution from cars, factories and coal burning that has sat over eastern china for most of the week, and there's been record-breaking levels in other cities, including beijing earlier this year. the government has announced many plans to fight the pollution but with little apparent progress. the dense s
the tallest buildings disappeared into the smog, many in the city were wearing masks. "i have difficulty in breathing" says 24-year-old zwei ji yu. "visibility is also bad and so is my mood." it's been a week of steadily rising record pollution levels in shanghai that have prompted the highest level of health warning. the concentration of the most dangerous particles reaching 20 times what the world health organization regards as hazardous. "i don't think it's fit for...
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. 20 below in rapid city. we will see the cold air not just pay stay put but expand through parts of texas, arkansas up into ohio are going to deal with cold temperatures. highs only in the 20's. in louisville, little rock and also the city of dallas by this saturday and a dangerous situation also setting up with some of the cold air at the surface. we have warmer temperatures over riding that cold air at the surface. we will be seeing icing out here from texas including the city of dallas all of the way up to ohio with anywhere between a quarter of an inch to about three quarters of an inch, heather and ainsley. that means power outages will be possible including arkansas, missouri and slippery roadways. it will be a huge concern with possible car accidents as well. send it over to you. >> thank you, maria. >> other stories, the man accused in last month's shooting at lax is being denied bail at his first court appearance. the judge saying he is a flight risk and danger to the community. he is charged with ki
. 20 below in rapid city. we will see the cold air not just pay stay put but expand through parts of texas, arkansas up into ohio are going to deal with cold temperatures. highs only in the 20's. in louisville, little rock and also the city of dallas by this saturday and a dangerous situation also setting up with some of the cold air at the surface. we have warmer temperatures over riding that cold air at the surface. we will be seeing icing out here from texas including the city of dallas all...
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the city and county of san francisco continues to assess me for what i qualify for. and i have never been assessed for what i need. i have been a human ping-pong ball going between the myriad of sf agencies for what i
the city and county of san francisco continues to assess me for what i qualify for. and i have never been assessed for what i need. i have been a human ping-pong ball going between the myriad of sf agencies for what i
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and and the city wide analysis. >> and for the district level. and for the analysis for the population of the groups of children and families. and the disabilities and. and you will see the data from the two districts is 66 and it is not surprising that district six gets the highest rates of food insecurity and it is a hub for services. and service provided are located. and you even have the neighborhood focus, and well as the coalition and i think that you can see from this, this is the highest number of for the homeless and one of the highest number of the housing units without kitchens. and this shows you the food program that are available and it has the highest concentration of food resource and even with all of these resources, we will know that there are gaps that the food is increases and i am going to go to another district which you might not think of as being viewed as having a high number of food insecure residents and it is district one and it is the richmond district. we have only pull odd data from just seniors, because there is a
and and the city wide analysis. >> and for the district level. and for the analysis for the population of the groups of children and families. and the disabilities and. and you will see the data from the two districts is 66 and it is not surprising that district six gets the highest rates of food insecurity and it is a hub for services. and service provided are located. and you even have the neighborhood focus, and well as the coalition and i think that you can see from this, this is the...
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then thursday, friday, dallas, oklahoma city going to get very dicey. this is what it ookz like now. be careful of the fog, dallas, memphis, all the way to little rock. that will exit and then the cold blast will really encompass much of the middle of the nation. east coast stays pretty warm much of this week, and then the snow will pile up. even denver could see maybe 6 to 12 inches of snow starting tonight into tomorrow. you can see, brian, look at the map. we're 46 today in denver. their high tomorrow is 10. >> wow. >> and it will be snowing hard. so, those are some of the airports to avoid. all this mess comes to the east coast mostly as rain friday, saturday. >> all right. always comes to us on the weekend. bill, thank you very much. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," inside the train derailment that left four commuters dead. the engineer now the center of the investigation and why he says he was going more than 50 miles per hour faster than he was supposed to be going. and when we come back here, we will huddle around the coole
then thursday, friday, dallas, oklahoma city going to get very dicey. this is what it ookz like now. be careful of the fog, dallas, memphis, all the way to little rock. that will exit and then the cold blast will really encompass much of the middle of the nation. east coast stays pretty warm much of this week, and then the snow will pile up. even denver could see maybe 6 to 12 inches of snow starting tonight into tomorrow. you can see, brian, look at the map. we're 46 today in denver. their...
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and how pittsburgh is transforming itself from steel city to tech city. using the day to to track possible regulars with nonterrorrists. pope front sis has formed an expert panel, one of the pan themes main duties will be to make the screening process for new priests much stricter. the prime minister of central africa republic is welcoming french military in the country. the decision was made just hours after chaos broke out. gun fights have spilled out into the streets of ban gi. it's president was ousted last march, today the u.n. security council approved the peace keeping force to end the violence, french president announced he would double the troops perhaps within hours. >> i have decided to react immediately. starting tonight, with the african forces and for the support of the european partners. >> there are conflicting numbers of the dead. in bagn where ohs are hoping that help comes soon. >> they are very much in control of the capitol now. and they are based just outside what is the main hospital here, where the injuries are -- and the dead are
and how pittsburgh is transforming itself from steel city to tech city. using the day to to track possible regulars with nonterrorrists. pope front sis has formed an expert panel, one of the pan themes main duties will be to make the screening process for new priests much stricter. the prime minister of central africa republic is welcoming french military in the country. the decision was made just hours after chaos broke out. gun fights have spilled out into the streets of ban gi. it's...